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Biting What to do if one biting another?

K4tr1n4

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I have two guinea pigs (girls) and they lived together in the pet store but when I brought them home they were screaming sometimes. At first I thought it’s normal but after few days I saw on one of them bite marks on her ears (they weren’t bleeding but there was dried blood. Now I caught them almost fighting one of them were biting another on the side (but now I’m more scared bc she might be pregnant). Once they were fighting when I was laying in bed with them and I tried to separate them and she bit me (by accident she was trying to bite another gp) I didn’t bleed but that did hurt like someone pinched very hard. Now I separated them but they are screaming like they want to be back together. What do I do?


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How big is their cage? Since you bought them from a pet store did you also buy a cage from the pet store?
Piggies fight usually because their cage isnt big enough.
 

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How big is their cage? Since you bought them from a pet store did you also buy a cage from the pet store?
Piggies fight usually because their cage isnt big enough.

Yeah I bought the cage from the pet store but I separated the parts of it and added some things for space (I can show a picture if needed) and tomorrow I’m going to buy another cage.


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Pictures would be great to see what you mean! I'm having a hard time picturing it.
Pet store cages are often way too small for even one poggy unfortunetly.
 

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Pictures would be great to see what you mean! I'm having a hard time picturing it.
Pet store cages are often way too small for even one poggy unfortunetly.

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This is the cage to compare sizes you can see GP in left corner (she’s not that big tho)


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I'm sorry you got suckered into buying such as small cage. The ramp absolutely must be covered unless you want a broken leg, but it's also an invitation to squabble. Pigs need a large flat area to run around in, and places to hide so they're not always visible to each other.

Take a look at the Photo Galleries on this site -- there are thousands of cage pictures that will give you a good idea of what a guinea pig cage should look like.
 
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